The Ultimate Rabbit Hole #45: Grand Festive Giveaway!

Welcome to your weekend, this is NOT your regularly scheduled program!

Yes, I have some rad links that you really should check out. Really you should. But I also have over $420 worth of prizes to giveaway! More on that later.

You know when you have been thinking something and then you get a “sign” that you are on the right path? Kevin Kruse wrote an excellent guest post on A Life Less Frantic (Kelly is always freaking onto it) this week about a productivity tool that gets shit done!

Sometimes, like now, you need to be reminded of all the good people in the world and the work of Salaam Baalak highlights some of those good people. Thanks to Nomad/Nester for sharing last week.

Momento produces some of the best quality photo books and custom stationery around, and are proud to be 100% Australian, home-grown and handcrafted in downtown Sydney. Their software and service is designed to make it easy for anyone to layout and print their photo memories in a hardcover photobook, calendar, diary, notebook or card, and they promise to produce it in award-wining style. Some conditions do apply.

Luna & Luxe Home brings you affordable luxury. Their hand poured candles are made from sustainable soy bean wax, essential oils & natural fragrances. The new Marble Candle that Luna & Luxe has given us to give away is so special and new it hasn’t even been photographed yet so the lid may differ from the one shown.

Note: this has been edited to marble candle from copper and marble candle. Sorry, I had the wrong one. Still suitably awesome!

3.Oreo & Bubbles Crew Socks (value: $25.00) WINNER: Shannon.W.N.

These two ultra-papped bunnies have been made famous through The Ultimate Rabbit Hole. Who wouldn’t want a pair of exclusive Oreo & Bubbles crew socks direct from the US?

Summer Simple Salad Series is all about sharing Kim’s (The Land of Zonkt) love of flavour & food through the humble & sometimes forgotten, salad. It’s proof that salads don’t have to be boring. Sharing 20 of her flavour busting recipes, sure to make your tastebuds smile. Quick, easy & full of flavour!

The Cult List is a label designed and curated by Tessa of Down That Little Lane, Kate of Uberkate and Sonia of Life, Love and Hiccups. The home of #partypocketpants the fashion house has recently added homewares to the unique mix. A collaboration between friends, inspired by what is missing in their lives. With a fresh fragrance a blend of Lemon Myrtle, Tangerine, Rosemary, Thyme and Sweet Orange. This Voyager Hand & Body Wash gently cleanses without drying the skin.

Gillian and Carolyn, the friends behind The Champagne Cartel have launched their next venture, The Makeup Cartel. Need some help to feel glam and gorgeous? Treat yourself to a makeup coaching session. Learn how to apply your makeup and build confidence in a relaxed and fun workshop. Expert makeup tips with a side of bubbles, the perfect combo!

Kirsten brings a fun mix of family life, recipes, fashion, beauty, home decorating, reality show recaps and pretty much anything else that life has to offer (except sport), all delivered in an refreshingly honest, entertaining and relatable style. Kirsten is also a graphic designer and her prints are available through her shop. One lucky winner will receive an unframed A4 print of your choice, printed on 250GSM high quality card stock.

If you haven’t heard about Jamberry products you must be living under a rock. Jamberry are the in thing for nails, just check out #jamberry on Instagram. Here is your introduction thanks to Jam with Sam. Win a Jamberry mani kit comprising half sheet of wraps (may differ from wraps shown) nail prep wipe, nail file, cuticle pusher and orange stick.

Travel Tan is a revolutionary gradual tanning moisturizer with added sunscreen to nourish and protect your body from top to toe. It’s a new must have beauty item containing everything your skin needs for summer, all in a handy travel pouch ready for your holiday!

Skinnymixers is dedicated to sharing healthy thermal cooking recipes and discussing diet and lifestyle choices. With over 46,000 members and is one of the largest and most active healthy recipe and lifestyle groups on Facebook. A Little Taste of Asia is a collection of 13 recipes highlighting the depth and complexity of authentic Asian cuisine, with the ease of thermal cooking.

This creative duo have their festive on with a collection of 16 classic Christmas favourites – the perfect sweet gift for family and friends (or to enjoy yourself). With everything from sauces to condiments, to cookies and biscuits, slices and bars, and plenty of classic favourites, there really is something to suit everyone!

Thank you so much to all our Grand Festive Giveaway sponsors!!

Remember to enter just tell us “What is your favourite thing to do on your weekend and why?”

The competition is open across all three of The Ultimate Rabbit Hole blogs – Calm to Conniption, The Annoyed Thyroid and My 2 Morrows. You only need to comment on one post to enter but don’t let that stop you, we love reading your comments.

My fave thing to do on the weekend is go out for breakfast with my husband and our baby! We’ve been going to the same cafe for breakfast every Saturday for about 3 years now as our ‘date night’ and we’ve continued to keep it up since Grace has been born (it was her first outing when she was 1 week old). So now it’s turned from our date night into a lovely family tradition that I hope will keep going as Grace gets older. It’s so lovely to have a little family tradition of going to the same place every week.
This is such a great giveaway! (Although I’m in denial about Christmas, it’s too close and I’m far more disorganised than usual thanks to the baby!)

I like that, 2 days of undisturbed real life! You are one of our lucky winners Lydia and have won the Kirsten & co print. Can you please send me an email karin (at) calmtoconniption dot com so I have your email address to send to the lovely Kirsten.

Favourite thing to do on the weekend hmmmm my hubby works every “normal” weekend so our weekends are Tuesday Wednesday. My favourite thing would be to spend some fun time all together. My dream weekend would be at the beach with everyone sleeping well and no whining! Haha with hot chips and a cold beer to boot!

Yay I remembered to link this weekend! My favourite thing to do on a weekend is spend some outdoor time with the girls. Whether pushing them on the swings or getting their watering cans to water our veggie gardens, it’s a great time of stepping away from the iPhone and computer and engrossing myself with an outdoor activity. I also love having the husband home so I can have a sort of mini break from looking after my circus!

My favourite thing to do on the weekend, telling the absolute truth is – to sleep in! I love nothing better than to snuggle up with my dog and not have to wake up to an alarm. Even if I wake early, it’s nice to doze off back to sleep. But I do then like to get out and do things, and see people. And I don’t mind setting the alarm if it means I’m going to travel or go somewhere fun …

The weekend is the only time we get to spend as a family and I love it! My favourite thing is actually going to our Baby Sensory class with our little girl. We’ve been going since she was 4 months old and she’s now just over one. My husband and I just love watching how our baby girl interacts with all the other kids and we get time talk to other adults at the same time. I’m always surprised at how much fun all of us have. We usually go off and have a coffee (and a Babycino) at a local café afterwards and I love just spending time with my family. Its so precious, time moves so fast and my baby grows so quickly I love this time to watch her being a baby 🙂
Ps – what a fabulous giveaway!!!

I love to wake early on a Saturday morning and be the first one at my local cafe. They make aaaaaamzing avo smash and poached eggs and it is such a treat to have breaky made for me and to sit leisurely and enjoy it. Breaky on a weekday normally happens at 5:30am for me and is in between a mad rush to get Hubby off to work and start my day. A lazy breaky out it always followed by a walk on the beach with my furbaby and a swim. Perfect way to start the weekend! x

My favourite thing to do on the weekend is Gold Class with my husband. I love lounging back, relaxing and being served a delicious gourmet icecream sundae, whilst ogling A-List eye candy on the big screen, I mean engrossing myself in the plot of the latest blockbuster! It allows me to rest, indulge in the finer things of life and enjoy my husband’s company. Bliss!

Hey what a great bunch of giveaways, way to go girls! My favourite thing to do on the weekend is get in touch with 1 beloved friend, either by phone, email, Facebook, text, Instagram OR……. Wait for it!!! In the flesh! SHUT UP?!!! I know right, that’s super adventurous!!! The catch up always involves wine, food and heaps of good conversation and laughs. Then I’m recharged again for the week ahead! #happylittlebunny

Hi There! I'm just chilling here surrounded by the latest conniption my two THREE wee kids have created. Life is busy, seemingly too busy to update this profile photo! Sometimes my husband is here, sometimes he is not (FIFO Wife). Sometimes I have just a glass, other times it's the whole bottle (Booze Hound). I'm glad you are here because my incessant FOMO will have me wondering what I am missing out on. xo Karin

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